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16 02, 2022

TMC Innovation selects 20 participants for cancer therapeutics accelerator

By innovosource|2022-02-16T10:22:56+00:00February 16th, 2022|Accelerator/incubator, Texas|0 Comments

Texas Medical Center Innovation selected 20 participants for its nine-month cancer therapeutics accelerator. The Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics was established in 2019 using grant funding the TMC received from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas, or CPRIT. The ACT provides resources for business development, education and networking to selected researchers and early-stage biotech companies to advance their [...]

16 02, 2022

TTU’s Innovation Hub announces $100K for 7 startups

By innovosource|2022-02-16T10:21:29+00:00February 16th, 2022|Proof of Concept (POC) Fund, Texas|0 Comments

The Innovation Hub at Research Park [on Feb. 7] announced the winners of its annual Presidents’ Innovative Startup Awards, through which the presidents of Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) recognize startups that exemplify innovation and commercialization. The awards give early-stage startups space and critical access to equipment to become revenue-generating companies. Texas Tech awarded four [...]

22 07, 2021

UTEC launches a new initiative to help deep tech founders commercialize their work | TechCrunch

By innovosource|2021-07-22T11:02:16+00:00July 22nd, 2021|Texas, Venture Capital|0 Comments

The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC) is launching a new program to address a problem the venture capital fund says many deep tech founders face. They may raise pre-seed capital from an incubator or accelerator program, but reach a funding gap before moving on to early-stage rounds. Without financial resources, it takes longer to [...]

9 06, 2021

TTU Research Park launches Seraph Hub Fuel Fund aimed at supporting emerging Agtech companies

By innovosource|2021-06-09T12:38:27+00:00June 9th, 2021|Angel, Texas, Venture Capital|0 Comments

The Texas Tech Research Park Inc. Board of Directors chairman and president John Esparza has announced the launch of a collaboration with Seraph and the Lubbock Angel Network (LAN) to launch the research park’s first venture capital fund, the Seraph Hub Fuel Fund. The focus of the collaboration is to accelerate business success of high-tech startups and emerging companies in the [...]

14 04, 2021

Over $1.4M in prizes awarded at Rice University’s student startup competition

By innovosource|2021-04-14T13:58:18+00:00April 14th, 2021|Accelerator/incubator, Student Funds, Texas|0 Comments

In its 21st year, the Rice Business Plan Competition hosted 54 student-founded startups from all over the world — its largest batch of companies to date — and doled out over $1.4 million in cash and investment prizes at the week-long virtual competition. RBPC, which is put on by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, took place [...]

7 04, 2021

Texas Tech Accelerator awards entrepreneurs $175,000

By innovosource|2021-04-07T10:10:56+00:00April 7th, 2021|Proof of Concept (POC) Fund, Texas|0 Comments

Seven teams of startup entrepreneurs were awarded funding as winners of the 2021 Virtual TTU Accelerator Competition [last] week, hosted by Texas Tech University’s Innovation Hub at Research Park. The Texas Tech Accelerator finalists had the opportunity to pitch to a real investor panel for a chance to be accepted into the 2021-2022 program. The Texas Tech Accelerator [...]

13 01, 2021

UT Southwestern Medical Center Launch Innovation Fund to Accelerate Advancement of Gene Therapies

By innovosource|2021-01-13T14:07:28+00:00January 13th, 2021|Accelerator/incubator, Texas|0 Comments

Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSHA), a patient-centric gene therapy company focused on developing and commercializing AAV-based gene therapies for the treatment of monogenic diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) in both rare and large patient populations, and UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) today announced the launch of an innovation fund to discover [...]

2 09, 2020

UTSA, UT Health launch Venture Mentor Service for entrepreneurs

By innovosource|2020-09-02T12:53:29+00:00September 2nd, 2020|Gap support programs, Texas|0 Comments

UTSA has launched a chapter of Venture Mentor Service San Antonio, designed to match experienced mentors with newly minted business ventures led by the next generation of entrepreneurs in the city. A joint collaboration between UTSA and UT Health SA, VMS-SA is managed by both UTSA’s Office of Commercialization and Innovation and UT Health SA’s Office of [...]

2 09, 2020

TTU Innovation Hub announces the 2020-2021 Faculty C-Startup ambassadors

By innovosource|2020-09-02T12:48:51+00:00September 2nd, 2020|Accelerator/incubator, Texas|0 Comments

The Innovation Hub at Research Park has announced the seven faculty members from Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) who were awarded the Faculty C-Startup Grants and named 2020-2021 faculty ambassadors. The Faculty C-Startup Program, sponsored by Market Lubbock, is designed to support Texas Tech faculty interested in creating a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. Seven $2,500 [...]

20 08, 2020

Texas A&M’s Innovation[X] Program will fund pandemic-related projects

By innovosource|2020-08-20T10:06:15+00:00August 20th, 2020|Texas|0 Comments

Three new projects addressing the COVID-19 pandemic have been selected to receive $20,000 through the Innovation[X] Program at Texas A&M University. The program, which is offered through A&M’s School of Innovation and provides grants for interdisciplinary research teams that address real-world problems, announced 12 projects that would receive funding before spring break. In April, leaders [...]